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Food Pantry Primary Needs
(Sizes are indicated to give more flexibility in packing bags for different size families.)
Infant formula – especially Good Start and Enfamil (Milk-Based & Soy formulas)
Baby food, cereal, snacks
Diapers, all sizes from newborn through size 6 (larger sizes move quickly)
Baby Diaper Wipes
Beans – dry 1 lb bags
Canned beans 11-16 oz
Cereal – Cold 8.9 – 15 oz.
Cereal - Hot 14- 16 oz – please limit individual packages
(oatmeal, cream of wheat, grits)
Canned Fruit – 14.5 – 15 oz – (peaches, pears, fruit cocktail, apricots, oranges, etc.)
Canned Vegetables – 14.5 – 15 oz (all varieties, esp. corn, green beans, greens)
Coffee / Tea
Meats – canned - 6 oz. (tuna, spam, salmon, etc.)
Rice –1 lb. bags/boxes (white, brown)
Dry Pastas –1 lb. (macaroni, ziti, etc)
Macaroni & Cheese dinners 7.25 oz
Pasta side dishes 13.25 oz (Hamburger helper type dishes)
Rice side dishes 6.2 oz. (Rice-a-Roni – Lipton)
Potatoes – Instant 14.5 – 16 oz.
Potatoes – Canned 15 oz.
Spaghetti noodles – l lb. box/bags
Spaghetti Sauces –preferably cans 26.5 oz. (1 lb. 10.5 oz) (cans are safer)
Peanut Butter – 1 lb.
Jelly – l lb.
Milk – dry packaged - 25.6 oz or larger
Milk – shelf stored – 1 qt.
Juices –cans preferred, bottles – 46 oz
Juice drinks - individual
Drink mixes – (hot chocolate, instant, Kool-aid, etc.)
Diabetic foods (sugar free or sugar substitute foods, low sodium foods)
Toiletries – Toilet tissue, toothpaste, shampoo, conditioner, soap, etc.
ALL items in individual serving sizes for the HOMELESS.
Other desired items:
Pancake Mixes / Biscuick Pancake Syrup Sugar Cooking oil
Ensure Eggs or Eggbeaters Cheese – jar/packaged
Butter/Margarine Flour Corn Meal
Cake Mixes Frosting Mayonnaise/ Miracle Whip
Ketchup Mustard Salad dressings
Salt & Pepper Laundry Supplies – soap, softener, etc.
We Now Have Refrigeration! We are now able to accept fresh meat, milk, eggs, produce and other food items requiring refrigeration.
Download a printable version of the food pantry list
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